Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1887-10-26
FALLS TRIBUNE.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER Is, 1887.
BETTER MAIL SERFICE.

BETTER NAIL SERFICE.
The time has come for the esfab-
lishment of the mail service over the
Montana extension of the Manitoba
railroad. The st. Paul mails winch
might be said to include those of the
entire country east and south of that
city are now forwarded into Dakota
over the route which leads to Great
= Falls. All that is needed is to pursue
Z, the same coursei in regard to Glasgow,
Assinaboine, Fort Benton, Great Falls
baz andall intermediate towns which from
q post-ofice point of view are places
AaGd on the same route as Minot and other
~ 4AF Dakota towns. About a month ago
ssv the claims of Great Falls in this re-
:slts aspect were laid before tie postmaster
=" general. Mr.. Knott, the second as
..fsu s;stant postmaster general, to whom
sat nj hhe matter was referred, has replied
'2se'A'foh the postmaster here IN these en-
-a,,7u conraging terms:
.hsorlia1 Lii reply to the petition signed by your
bA3SSS Ssh sdila lItiuf ot1Ci lNtVi vi 1tAS"e
~ihestaF Fails, Mont, asking establishment of rail
way mail service via the ST. Paul, Mime
1saisgAp0lisfani Manitoba railway, | have to in
ism afeFHn you that q distance circular has been
ssssz semitic the company and the general SUI
bEidedpefintenden r>ilway mail service has
been requested to report as to necessity
.~I,iit,f fef. fseTflee. As soon as the
as.oa4 sail for. has been received the matter
10 noeEgll5eceye prompt attention.
81 100 II aa appears from the above letter
.,ssz nj that, tthe. p~osst4ofice has asked the rail
zsa odvayrz,nrpafy forinformati or regard
II sqdiiHktaai lEs x and has also requested
owl s;thadgenapals superintendent OF the
railway i,sail service to give his opin-
10 saiohs We, aA confident that his re-
@ : AK ~ no3qrs FEst j favorable fit is in ac-
u -!seerdsswitlnstthe policy of the general
.'z<.i po6st99fHHcee,as.which is to adopt quick
,bsssdispaiehtsin the mails, and provide
western settlers with the readiest
meanslfeteeommunication. At present
10 s,itstakesl52 hours for the Great Falls
,,eospeailsate,reach Helena from st. Paul.
al They aefhain at Helena twelve hours
s,a a5,,stt . i3aaiftt.Sdth coach, which is supposed
.isis ,to,.brlng them here in "a hours, but
iliH ,.sela6tn does so. An average of30
afist,HHeuIs,would be more correct for fine
sasiolRseather, ando 4s hours for periods
u u, ,pnp ffllheayy rain and From these
esfe .fgaIes it may be seen that it takes
'iss g.ffofh SO to liz hours to convey mail
a4' matter from st. Paul with all the
.s,1,, r,l,oI, ~ ,r,r4o. {,,,o of4or1
7ssissahsgse coach journeys.
-isi "a ii By the new route there will be a
81 decided gain. When the passenger
,'Gyo;fsains begin running in a few days,
-aomfthe mails could be sent here from st.
Paul in about55 hours. The letters
ii ybwhich leave st. Paul at s p. m. will
aoiassarrive here before the mails which
T,,e leave on the Northern Pacific train at
iao1f 4 r. M, reaches Helena. When the
.sia Montana Central is open next month.
the train time will be SO improved
that the express train which leaves
st. Paul at s p. M, will arrive in
: Helena some hours 10 advance of the
= Northern Pacific train that left at 4
p. a.. This insures considerable gain
in the time to this city by the Great
Falls route as stet will be from four to
six hours nearer by time measure
ment, to ST. Paul than Helena.
These simple facts are overWhelm-
ingly in our favor as regards time and
safety. The question of expense is a
trivial one when the duty and policy
OF the post-ofice are taken into ac-
count. The Manitoba railroad has
provided the mail service $50 milesof
track TO a region which for years has
bourne the burden of tardy. irregular
mails The post-ofice will surely not
allow routine or expense to stand in
the way Of the prompt dispatch Of the
mails over the route which will place
this region on b footing with. Dakota.
towns which are all served by the.
most direct route. This subject CON
Germs Benton, Assinaboine and other
placss ~ directly u drast Falls.
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